Bears #21, Shore Wins Weekly Award

Maine hockey got a split with New Hampshire over the weekend and that caused voters to move the Bears down slightly in national polls. Perhaps most importantly, Maine's PairWise ranking is tied for #20.

Six Hockey East teams now rank ahead of the Black Bears in the PairWise rankings. Keep in mind, 16 team make the NCAA field. Boston College is tops from HE at the #2 spot in the nation.

Maine fell just out of the top 20 USCHO poll and will be idle this weekend. Next on schedule is a two game series at Notre Dame February 7 and 8.

HE Notes...Maine's Devin Shore has been named Hockey East Player of the Week. The sophomore had a goal and three assists vs UNH. It is the third time this season Shore has won the award.

USCHO.com Division I Men's Poll

January 27, 2014

Team

(First Place Votes)

Record

Points

Last Poll

Minnesota

(44)

18- 2-4

994

Boston College

( 6)

18- 4-3

955

Quinnipiac

18- 4-5

877

Union

16- 5-3

847

St. Cloud State

13- 5-4

767

Ferris State

18- 6-3

737

Providence

15- 6-5

706

Massachusetts-Lowell

16- 7-2

660

Wisconsin

14- 7-1

536

Northeastern

15- 8-3

505

Cornell

10- 4-5

495

Michigan

12- 6-2

459

Yale

10- 5-4

426

Notre Dame

15- 9-1

361

Clarkson

15- 9-2

275

Denver

13- 8-5

224

North Dakota

13- 8-3

178

Colgate

13- 9-3

147

Vermont

13- 9-3

138

Western Michigan

12- 8-4

104

Others receiving votes: Maine 43, Minnesota-Duluth 38, Bentley 7, New Hampshire 7, Bowling Green 6, Air Force 3, Mercyhurst 2, Minnesota State 1, Nebraska-Omaha 1, Ohio State 1.

Men’s Division I PairWise Rankings

Rank	Team	PWR	W-L-T	Win %	Win % Rank	RPI	RPI Rank
1	Minnesota	58	18-2-4	.8217	1	.6143*	1
2	Boston College	57	18-4-3	.7951	2	.5997*	2
3	Quinnipiac	56	18-4-5	.7598	3	.5747*	3
4t	Union	54	16-5-3	.7258	4	.5699*	4
4t	Ferris State	54	18-6-3	.7444	5	.5664	5
6	St. Cloud State	53	13-5-4	.6695	6	.5640	6
7t	Providence	51	15-6-5	.6786	8	.5593*	7
7t	Northeastern	51	15-8-3	.6450	12	.5580*	8
9	Massachusetts-Lowell	50	16-7-2	.6667	7	.5552*	9
10t	Michigan	48	12-6-2	.6598	11	.5505	10
10t	Cornell	48	10-4-5	.6613	10	.5495	11
12	Notre Dame	47	15-9-1	.5862	14	.5471*	12
13	Wisconsin	46	14-7-1	.6316	9	.5451	13
14t	Minnesota-Duluth	44	10-9-3	.5219	30	.5410	14
14t	Colgate	44	13-9-3	.5692	22t	.5397	15
16	Clarkson	43	15-9-2	.6240	15t	.5367	16
17	North Dakota	42	13-8-3	.5983	18t	.5365	17
18	Yale	41	10-5-4	.6374	13	.5363*	18
19	Vermont	40	13-9-3	.5772	22t	.5352	19
20t	Maine	39	12-9-3	.5680	26	.5328	20
20t	Western Michigan	39	12-8-4	.5805	21	.5325	21
22t	New Hampshire	36	14-13-1	.5108	31	.5296	22
22t	Denver	36	13-8-5	.5781	20	.5276	23
24	Minnesota State	35	14-12-0	.5593	29	.5238	24
25	Bowling Green	34	13-10-5	.5564	28	.5225	25

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